"Cut off all their heads and hang them on the city walls!" Salha pointed at dozens of Ming soldiers who were captured alive and ordered loudly.
"Yes, General." Several soldiers agreed, then dragged these people to the edge of the city wall, pulled out their knives and wanted to chop off their heads.
None of these Ming soldiers could understand the Khwarizm language, so they didn’t know what the soldiers of the Timur Khanate were going to do at first. But when they were pushed to the city wall and saw them taking out knives, no matter how stupid they were,
The people also knew what they were going to do, and they immediately started to resist fiercely.
But they had all been tied up, and their number was much smaller. They were all chopped to death with swords and their heads were cut off and hung high.
After giving the instructions, Salha put the matter aside, picked up the kettle and took a drink of water, before leading his soldiers to pursue the Ming army.
"Kill all these infidels!" he shouted.
"Kill all the infidels!" his soldiers shouted.
But he had only taken a few steps to rush to the city when he heard a voice from behind: "General Salha, General Salha."
The Kingdom of Samarkand stopped and turned around. He saw a guard beside the Great Khan and asked hurriedly: "Suk, what's the matter?"
Suk ran to his side, took a breath and said: "The Great Khan ordered to postpone the pursuit."
"Why? If we don't chase him, it will be too late." Samarkand said anxiously.
"You'll know just by looking at it." After Suk said this, he stopped talking and stood aside.
The Kingdom of Samarkand thought for a while and ordered to postpone the pursuit. The Great Khan had to obey the order.
He waited for a while and saw two people holding torches coming over. They cautiously explored the place and then threw the torch somewhere.
A scene that shocked the country of Samarkand happened. In an instant, as if the torch was thrown into a pot of oil, the flames broke through the roof of the house and ignited three to four feet high.
What immediately surprised him even more was that, as if the flames could find their way by themselves, they burned out of the house and burned most of the street. Every plant and tree on the street was reduced to ashes in the raging fire.
He also faintly heard screams.
"What's going on?" Samarkand turned around and asked.
"The generals of the Ming Dynasty regarded the Great Khan as a fool, so the Great Khan would not be lenient." Su Ke said lightly.
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"I was wrong. Timur suffered such a big loss, how could he not be prepared for it? Just waste some hay and oil, but these loyal soldiers, alas, I apologize to Your Highness." Song Sheng stood inside.
On the city wall, looking at the burned outer city in front of him, he said to the generals around him.
His plan to set fire to the soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom who entered the city was discovered by Timur. Not only that, Timur also took advantage of this. When the fire started, Song Sheng arranged for a group of soldiers to set fire to the city.
Even if more than a hundred soldiers were not burned to death, they could only retreat in advance. His preparations were completely in vain.
More importantly, Timur took this opportunity to cause the fire in the city to burn more intensely. Most of the houses would be burned down, and the city would suddenly become much emptyer, making it easier for him to gather soldiers to attack the city. However, most of the cannons in the hands of the Ming army were gone.
Being able to drag it back to the inner city will greatly reduce the threat to the assembled soldiers of Samarkand. The inner city will be even more difficult to defend.
"Prime Minister Song, is this your fault alone? After hearing about Mr. Zuo Prime Minister's plan, we all thought it was a brilliant plan, but none of us thought that Timur would follow it. If we want to apologize to His Highness, we should apologize together.
"A general said.
"Yes, Prime Minister Song, how can this be your fault alone?" "We all have faults too. If we want to apologize to His Highness, let's go together." Everyone also said one after another.
When Song Sheng heard these words, he was about to speak when he heard a voice coming from behind: "Why do you need to apologize to me?"
"I've met His Highness!" Song Sheng knew who it was when he heard the voice, not to mention someone calling himself, so he immediately turned his head and bowed in salute. Everyone also followed suit.
"Your Highness, the plan arranged by me was discovered by Timur. Not only did he fail to kill several soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom, he also used the plan and suffered losses. I apologize to Your Highness." Song Sheng said after finishing his salute.
"Hey, even if this plan fails, it won't be a big deal. Prime Minister Song doesn't have to apologize to Gu." Shang Bing said immediately. Although he was sorry that the plan was discovered, he would never blame Song Sheng for it.
Song Sheng wanted to speak again, but Shang Bing stopped talking about this topic. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the burning houses outside the city with the last light of the sun that was about to set. After a while, he said: "Although this plan
It's not a serious problem, but gentlemen, the city is currently very short of defensive materials, and the guard posts are not fully staffed, and cannot be replenished for a while. Although the inner city has been successfully withdrawn, the city has reached its most critical moment. But according to yesterday
Letters from Xingxingxia indicate that reinforcements will not be able to reach Yiwu City within a few days."
"For the sake of the court, for the sake of Gu, for the sake of the soldiers who died, for the people who were maimed by the soldiers of Samarkand, and for the people in the city, I ask you to defend the city until reinforcements arrive." At the end of the sentence, Shang Bingwan said.
Bow at the waist.
"This is impossible! How can His Highness, with his rich body, salute his ministers?" Song Sheng was startled, but Fanyin came over immediately and hurriedly avoided it, shouting loudly.
Shang Bing wanted to say something more, but Song Sheng hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will never let up in the slightest, and we will definitely hold on to the city until reinforcements arrive."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will never let up in the slightest. I will hold on to the city until reinforcements arrive." The other generals repeated it again.
"Please, all soldiers."
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At the same time, Timur also stood in his tent, facing all the generals who followed him here and said: "Although our army has suffered heavy casualties these days, it is all worth it, and the battle is also huge.
The defensive power in the city was consumed, leaving them unable to defend the entire outer city, and they could only retreat to the inner city. Now is the time when Hami City is at its weakest. From tomorrow onwards, we will launch a final fierce attack to completely capture Yiwu City! Capture Zhu Shangbing alive!"
"With the blessing of Allah, we will completely capture Yiwu City!"
